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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Debt - Senior Unsecured Debt (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Debt - Senior Unsecured Debt (Details) - USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019	Nov. 26, 2019	Dec. 31, 2017	Oct. 06, 2017
CPLV CMBS Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Payment for debt extinguishment or debt prepayment cost	$ 110,800,000
Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, percentage redeemed with cash proceeds		40.00%
Percentage of principal amount redeemed (up to)		60.00%
Percentage of cash dividends of real estate taxable income to be distributed		100.00%
Cumulative adjusted funds from operations rate		95.00%
Senior Notes \| Senior Notes due 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount			$ 1,250,000,000
Interest rate, stated percentage		4.25%	4.25%
Redemption price, percentage (equal to)		100.00%
Debt instrument, redemption price, percentage redeemed with cash proceeds		104.25%
Senior Notes \| Senior Notes due 2026 \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage (equal to)		102.125%
Senior Notes \| Senior Notes due 2026 \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Two
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage (equal to)		101.063%
Senior Notes \| Senior Notes due 2026 \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Three
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage (equal to)		100.00%
Senior Notes \| Senior Notes due 2029
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount			$ 1,000,000,000
Interest rate, stated percentage		4.625%	4.625%
Debt instrument, redemption price, percentage redeemed with cash proceeds		104.625%
Senior Notes \| Senior Notes due 2029 \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage (equal to)		100.00%
Senior Notes \| Senior Notes due 2029 \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Two
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage (equal to)		102.313%
Senior Notes \| Senior Notes due 2029 \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Three
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage (equal to)		101.541%
Senior Notes \| Senior Notes due 2029 \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Four
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage (equal to)		100.771%
Senior Notes \| Senior Notes due 2029 \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Five
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage (equal to)		100.00%
Unitranche Debt \| CPLV CMBS Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount					$ 1,550,000,000
Interest rate, stated percentage				4.36%
Payment for debt extinguishment or debt prepayment cost		$ 55,400,000